The UNI3 gene is required for assembly of basal bodies of Chlamydomonas and encodes δ-tubulin, a new member of the tubulin superfamily

Molecular Biology of the Cell

Volumn 9, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 1293-1308

  Dutcher, Susan K ^a   Trabuco, Emanuel C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TUBULIN;

ARTICLE; CELL CYCLE; CENTRIOLE; CHLAMYDOMONAS; MICROTUBULE; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ASSEMBLY; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

CHLAMYDOMONAS;

EID: 0031867055     PISSN: 10591524     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1091/mbc.9.6.1293     Document Type: Article

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